Table 2 The demographic characteristics comparisons between different types of headaches and non-headache participants
Variable | All headache (%) | Migraine (%) | TTH (%) | Unclassified headache (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Gender | ||||
 Male | 396 (25.6) | 81 (5.2) | 297 (19.2) | 18 (1.2) |
 Female | 223 (47.7) | 71 (15.2) | 143 (30.6) | 9 (1.9) |
P | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | 0.2123 |
Age (years) | ||||
 18–30 | 173 (24.6) | 41 (5.8) | 128 (18.2) | 4 (0.5) |
 31–40 | 257 (35.8) | 63 (8.8) | 188 (26.2) | 6 (0.8) |
 41–50 | 129 (33.5) | 34 (8.8) | 87 (17.9) | 8 (2.0) |
 51–60 | 60 (29.0) | 14 (6.8) | 37 (17.9) | 9 (4.3) |
P | < 0.001 | 0.1347 | 0.0047 | < 0.001 |
Marital status | ||||
 married | 409 (29.3) | 103 (5.2) | 281 (20.1) | 25 (1.8) |
 single | 210 (34.4) | 49 (8.0) | 159 (26.1) | 2 (0.3) |
P | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 | < 0.001 |
BMI | ||||
  < 24 | 158/724 (21.8) | 46 (6.4) | 110 (15.2) | 2 (0.3) |
 25–28 | 287/874 (32.8) | 69 (7.9) | 205 (23.5) | 13 (1.5) |
  > 28 | 174/414 (42.0) | 37 (8.9) | 125 (30.2) | 12 (2.9) |
P | < 0.001 | 0.0557 | < 0.001 | 0.0002 |
Education | ||||
 Bachelor or lower | 292/1097 (26.6) | 71 (6.5) | 206 (18.8) | 15 (1.4) |
 Master or higher | 327/915 (35.7) | 81/915 (8.9) | 234 (25.6) | 12 (1.3) |
P | < 0.001 | 0.0442 | 0.0002 | 0.9136 |
Computer work | ||||
  < 8 (hours) | 105/408 (25.7) | 29 (7.1) | 69 (14.7) | 7 (1.7) |
 8–12 (hours) | 224/729 (30.7) | 55 (7.5) | 158 (21.7) | 11 (1.5) |
  > 12 (hours) | 290/875 (33.1) | 68 (7.8) | 213 (24.3) | 9 (1.0) |
P | 0.0278 | 0.6842 | 0.0110 | 0.5398 |
Job category | ||||
 Software Engineer | 241/776 (31.1) | 63 (8.1) | 169 (21.8) | 9 (1.2) |
 Application Engineer | 266/858 (31.0) | 61 (7.1) | 192 (22.4) | 13 (1.5) |
 Managerial | 112/378 (29.6) | 28 (7.4) | 79 (27.4) | 5 (1.3) |
P | 0.8176 | 0.7377 | 0.8430 | 0.8229 |